Astrobiology

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An astronaut examines apiece of Martian ice — Grok via Astrobiology.com The inclination to explore across vast expanses has been a continual part of human history. In voyages across the

Fluorine on Earth — Astrobiology.com Life on Earth is known to rarely make fluorinated carbon compounds, as compared to other halocarbons. We quantify this rarity, based on our exhaustive natural

L- lactaldehyde — Wikipedia Aldehydes are ubiquitous in star-forming regions and carbonaceous chondrites, serving as essential intermediates in metabolic pathways and molecular mass growth processes to vital biomolecules necessary for

Volvox – a multicellular green algae. Wikipedia It has been argued that the historical nature of evolution makes it a highly path-dependent process. Under this view, the outcome of evolutionary

A small planet orbiting its host star – Grok via Astrobiology.com A key to understand exoplanets is characterisation of their host stars. One of the most powerful tools to characterise

Uranus P-T profiles plotted over H2O phase diagram. The shaded region show adiabatic P-T profiles of distinct-layer structure models, assuming mixed H2O-H/He composition, in the (orange) envelope and (green) mantle

The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window. Shirah B, Overbey EG, Foox J, Hirschberg JW, Kim J,

Jupiter and Saturn as seen in near-infrared by the JWST. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) With the recent realization that there likely are stably-stratified regions in the interiors of both Jupiter